Facts & Figures

Rankings

The department's graduate program is ranked 11th for computer engineering and 13th for electrical engineering among public institutions by U.S. News & World Report.

Students

Enrollment (Fall 2016)

Undergraduate

961

Graduate

713

Total Enrollment

1674

Degrees Awarded

Bachelor's

196

Master's

138

Ph.D.

44

Total Awarded

278

Faculty

With a high quality student body and outstanding faculty, the department is well poised to achieve its mission of excellence in all three areas. Some indicators of our faculty recognition include:

70 tenured/tenure track faculty

32 IEEE Fellows

21 Endowed Professorships and Chairs

50 editorships and editorial board members

38 Fellow grades in professional societies

Three members of the National Academy of Engineering

One member of the National Academy of Science

One recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

24 recipients of the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award,

Two Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award

One Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) young investigator award and numerous editorships of major journals and national level awards

We also have the unique honor that one of our former faculty members* (1978-1984), Jack Kilby, received the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics

Research

Electrical and computer engineering at Texas A&M has advanced national and global prosperity by its research, development and application of electrical and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and has helped create the global village. The faculty in the department are involved in investigations spanning a broad spectrum of theoretical and real-world problems. Our core research areas are listed below.

Research Groups

Analog and Mixed Signal Biomedical Imaging, Sensing and Genomic Signal ProcessingComputer Engineering and Systems Device Science and NanotechnologyElectromagnetics and MicrowavesElectric Power Systems and Power ElectronicsInformation Science and Systems